Affront and Take

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Affront verb - To cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in.

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Take and affront are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take" instead a verb "Affront".

Nearby Words: affronted, affronting

Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.

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Affront and take are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affront" instead a verb "Take".

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

direct	direct affront	direct take
real	real affront	real take
big	big affront	big take
serious	serious affront	serious take
Other adjectives: huge, personal, major.

Goldman threatened to take revenge sooner or later for that affront (it should be noted that this autor wrote a polemic biography of Elvis, too).

Source: The Pete Best
At another point a monk comments that there's no way he can take Krosp into his confession booth, not because he's an affront against God or something, but because all cats are "filthy liars".

Source: Cats Are Mean
Studio Ghibli fans in the English-speaking world tend to take their films VERY seriously, and view any deviation from the original dialogue at all as an unforgiveable affront.

Source: Bowdlerise / Anime and Manga

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